Our Obsession with Fingerprint Art

I have often raved about Ed Emberley and his books, mostly because the kids like them so much and his simple step-by-step drawings give them the tools and confidence to draw things they might not normally draw. And because they are fun.

Well, every time I mention Ed Emberley here or on my facebook page, I get two main responses—I loved his books as a kid and we love the fingerprint art book. And I smiled and nodded but didn’t get the fingerprint art book because I thought it was too gimmicky.

I mean, why do you need fingerprints when you can just draw?

But I heard about the fingerprint art book one too many times and finally picked up a copy the next time I was at my local bookstore.

We’ve used this to make wrapping paper. Since we don’t have stamp pads we do have bingo dabbers so we fill the paper with round dots and use the book as a guide to turn the dots intofaces and birds, Etc. It has given my 5 yr old a little confidence in attempting to “draw”.

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